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Access schemes for University libraries Many universities will allow reference access at some times during the year. Check the relevant library website for details and always contact the library before you visit to ensure that you have access. In addition to this there is a scheme in place which give University of Essex students greater access to some institutions. The University of Essex is a member of SCONUL Access, a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme. The scheme covers most of the university libraries in the UK and Ireland. If you are: an academic on an open or fixed term contract you may be able to borrow from other college or university libraries. If you are: a full-time undergraduate student you may be able to use the resources of other college and university libraries for reference. If you would like to avail of the services available under this scheme, please go to the SCONUL Access website and apply online. Please be aware that some member libraries may not offer access to all categories of user. N.B. SCONUL Access visitors applying for use of the University of Essex library should note that applications can only be processed Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm The University of Essex participates in eduroam, a service which allows users from participating institutions to access a wireless network at another participating institution. It should be noted that access under the terms of eduroam does not entitle members of one institution to access the licensed resources of another institution. More information about eduroam at Essex is available from the Computing Service website. Walk-in access Some university libraries may provide access to a limited selection of online resources to "walk-in" users. See individual library websites for details. Essex Online Reference Library (Colchester Public Library)
Anyone who lives, works or studies in Essex can join Colchester Public Library. They have a number of useful electronic resources that you can consult from wherever you connect to the internet. All you will need is your Essex Libraries membership (ELAN) ticket.
Useful resources include:
The above service is provided by Essex County Council not The University of Essex, we are including this resource on this page to draw attention to other services in the area which may be useful to you for your study and research. Links to other libraries and their catalogues Other library catalogues are extremely useful when undertaking research especially when looking for books or periodical titles that are not available in the Albert Sloman Library. National libraries are responsible for collecting all publications issued in their respective countries. For this reason, the catalogue of a national library is the best guide to publications issued in the country in question, and anyone wanting information on the publications of that country should make the catalogue of the national library the starting point of their search. Search for items located in a library near you. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. Extremely useful directory of union catalogues around the world. Union catalogues amalgamate the holdings of various libraries into one catalogue, saving you time in searching. Library Directory - Online Libraries of the World Compiled by Ivanka Dinkova, the librarian at St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo University. This site links to over 6000 library sites around the world. The website has a very simple structure, grouping the libraries by country and city, and in the case of Canada and US by province and state respectively. Libcat: A Guide to Library Resources on the Internet. Libraries in the United States Libcat offers quick and easy access to library websites in the United States. Select a state from the map of list of states to see academic, government, public, and special libraries in that state. Library Servers via WWW, Libweb currently lists over 7700 pages from libraries in 146 countries. From HEFCE Links to US Higher education institutions from the University of Texas at Austin. Listed by state and alphabetically. A union catalogue. It provides free access to the merged online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. InforM25 Consortium of Academic Libraries Formed in 1993 with the aim of fostering co-operation amongst its London-based, higher education member libraries in order to improve services to users. The Consortium now has 52 member institutions. Includes access to its union catalogue and to the University of London union list of serials Serials catalogue for Scottish academic and research libraries Serials UNion CATalogue for the UK, it is currently still a pilot project which commenced in February 2003. It is a key tool for locating serials held in UK Libraries. Colchester Institute library catalogue / Colchester Institute library website NHS Libraries in the East of England - joint library catalogue South Essex College of Further and Higher Education, Southend Registering for a Reader Pass for the British Library reading rooms. See also links to the British Library catalogue (see integrated catalogue for the main collections) Online catalog Searches the content of over 40 national libraries in Europe This site lists national library catalogues alphabetically by country. It aims to give all the information necessary to connect to the catalogue. Bear in mind that many catalogues are not available twenty-four hours a day, so if you cannot gain access, it may be necessary to try again at another time. Catalogue of the Data Archive. The Data Archive is a centre of expertise in data acquisition, preservation, dissemination and promotion and is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils and the University of Essex. The Hilary Doughty Research Library Provides a gateway to specialist resources at ISER supporting the research activities of both the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change and the ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre as well as the European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences and other postgraduate student programmes. University of London, includes: |
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